Ironing-board



P. D. MARTINDALE.

IRONING BOARD. neucnmwnuo N0v.17, 1917.

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IROliTING-BOARD.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Application fi1ed November 17, 1917. Serial No. 202,585.

To all 207mm it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, PERRY D. MARTIN- DALE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Pontiac, in the county of Oakland and State ofMichigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing- Boards,of which the followingis a specification.

This invention has reference to ironing boards.

I11 carrying out my invention, it is my purpose to produce, as a newarticle of manufacture, anironing board comprising a wooden frame and ametal top or facing for said frame. In the ironing of certain class ofmaterials, a substantially non-yielding surface is desirable, in orderto obtain the.

proper effect on the material or garment, while in other materials ayielding effect is desirable between the board and the said material. Toaccommodate the last referred to materials, which, it may be stated, aremore common, and consequently, re-

. quire more frequent ironing than the first referred to materials, theironing wooden board has arranged thereon a pad and a facing for thepad. From' experience, I have found that while such arrangement permitsof a partial yielding between the material ironed and the board, thepad,

incident to the iron passing thereove and It is a further object of myinvention to produce an ironing board which shall be comparatively cheapin manufacture, in

which the leg for supporting the board is telescopic and is providedwith a hooked end to engage with the edge of a table and other support,and also in which the board has looselysecured to one of its sides aflexible element, the free end of the said element having a hook thereonand the other side of theboard having an eye to receive the hook of theflexible element, and whereby the said flexible element may be broughtto engage with the edges of the fabric covering for the board. I

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of the inventionis more fully understood, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved ironing boardillustrating the same arranged upona support.

Fig. 2 is an approximately central longi tudinal sectional view throughthe same.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view, the leg being in its folded position.

Fig. at is a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 4-4 ofFig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view approximately on the line 5-5 ofFig. 4.

""Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the detachable shelf which may beemployed.

My improved construction of ironing boards includes a wooden frame 10and metallic facing or top 11 for the frame. The frame 10 comprisesparallel side mem bers 12 respectively, which have their outer endsbeveled as at 13. These beveled ends 13 are engaged by oppositelybeveled surfaces 'upon the outer end members 14: of the frame. Themembers 14 incline toward each other and meet at the center of theframe, the membe s 12 and 14 being secured together in any desired orpreferred manner. The frame is centrally provided with a brace 15, theouter ends of the same being beveled in opposite directions to contactwith the inner inclined surfaces of the end members 13, and the brace isof a length "equaling the length of the frame and boardproper. The sides12 as'well as the central brace member 15, adjacent what I will term theouter end of the board are out upon their upper surfaces to providesubstantially rectangular depressions which enter from -thc ends of thesaid members, and in these depressions is arranged a transverse woodenmember or board l6'that is secured to the side and brace members and hasits outer face fiushwith the outer surfaces of the said side and bracemembers. This board 16, together with the other elements comprising theframe 10, constitute the rigid or non-yielding portions of the board,and the metallic top or facing 11, at theiportions thereof outward ofthe board and between the other elements comprising the frameconstitutes the yielding or resilient portion of the board. By referenceto the drawings, it will 11 is shaped to correspond with the shape ofthe frame and has its edges bent over and secured to the frame asindicated by the numeral 17.

The side and what I have termed the outer end-members of the frame areprovided with a continuous groove 18, the said groove being locatedbelow the edge of the bent portion 17 of the metallic member 11. In thisgroove 18, adjacent what I 'have termed the inner end of the board, and

on one side of the said board is secured,

as at 19, a flexible element 20. The element 20 is preferably in thenature of a coil spring and has its free end provided with I has itsouter end hook shapeas at a hook 21. In the groove, to the side of theboard diametrically opposite that to which the flexible element 20. isloosely connected, is arranged an eye 22, and this eye is designed toreceive the hook 21 of the 'elementQO when the same is brought aroundthe board in the groove, the flexible element 20 being designed tosecure the cloth or covering 23 upon the board.

The central member or brace 15 and the board or rectangular wooden platemember 16 are provided with alining slots 2%, entering from the outerend of the board. Secured upon the under face of the brace member 15nearer the terminal of the slot 21 are eye I members 25, the sameproviding bearings be noted that the metallic facing retains 'the saidlower leg section properly adjusted with respect to the upper ings, thehook shaped end of the leg is designed to be arranged over the top of asup-' a table 33 and the inner or port, such as rear edge of the boardis designed to be arranged below the said edge of the table 33, the legsection contacting with the floor on which the table rests effectivelyholding the hook in engagement with the table supporting the boardthereon. 7

One of the sides of the improved ironing board, adjacent the rearend'thereof, is

fices 34 designed to receive the inturned or angular ends 35 of arms 36,the said arms having their upper portions bent in the same direction asthe ends and'received in therounded edges of a shelf 37, This shelf maybe readily attached to or removed from the board and when in attachedposition may serve as an iron holder, a holder for the wax, or for otherdesirable, purposes.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

The herein described construction of ironing boards includingasubstantially rectangular wooden frame having one of its ends beveled tothe sides thereof, a W( oden member transversely conriecting the sidesat the opposite end of the board, and a centrally arranged brace for theframe, a

preferably provided with transverse ori-' metallic facing provided withflanges on its sides and one end, fitting over the sides and beveledends of theframe, both the sides and the beveled ends of the flange andframe having a continuous longitudinal groove therethrough, eyes in thegroove adacent to the inner end of the board, and a spring memberreceived in the groove having elements on the endsthereof engaging withthe eyes, and said spring member designed to hold a covering cloth onthe board. a v

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

PERRY D. MARTINDALE.

